Lawrence Wright Quotes

Life gives you so many alternatives to choose from, and... you judge these as best as you can until something comes along like 9/11. And it's the central event of my lifetime, so I knew I had to write about that.

Lawrence Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1947

Topics

LifeBestJudgeYouChooseWrite

Every day is a major balancing act that I have to figure out and coordinate.

Jocko Willink

DayEvery DayOutActBalancing

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

Jodie Foster

FastKindTalkReally

My friend created an iPhone app that locates Vienna Beef products across the country. Personally, I came hardwired with an internal GPS that instinctively points me toward coffee shops, cupcake stores and the perfect Chicago-style dog, so I find this technology redundant.

Jen Lancaster

DogFriendTechnologyCoffeeMe

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

Andrew J. Bernstein

LifeStressNegativeYouLookOwn

I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that's great wealth.

Matt Damon

GreatWorldRestGrowWealthKid

In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it.

Angus Deaton

ThinkHelpAskUpScotlandAllies

I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

PeopleAlwaysWhoSinsSuspicious

It's sometimes better to have a father figure to rebel against than nothing, than just a black hole or an absence.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FatherBlackBetterRebelSometimes

Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.

Jeff Koons

TodayFreedomMyselfDayWake UpUp

We can't laugh quite as much on camera, but we sure do on the set.

Mary Hart

LaughCameraSureSetMuchQuite

Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors.

Luca Guadagnino

ControlEnoughYouPlacePersonal

Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a drum and have a very characteristic song.

Janna Levin

SongBlackDrumAgainstBangHoles

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